Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-05
NEW HAVEN WINS.


 The Bridgeport Hall club is Defeated The Wearing of Their Red Suits Makes No Diferenee-Hartford and Waterbury W1n-The Standing Ofthe Clubs.
 One of the best ball games ever played in
 this city, and not likely to be again repeated | this season, was seen at Hamilton Park yes | terday afternoon. Before the game com | menced the home and Bridgeport teams, in l uniforms and in barge headed by the Amer | ican band, made parade through the prin- cipal streets, exciting general interest and exclamations like CT wish New Haven could | win to-day, but of course she can't beat the Bridgeports."
 Last night everybody was saying: 'I told you so. I knew New Haven would win. ] | knew all the time that we had a frst-class team"
 New Haven stock had surely gone away | up. Bridgeport had been defeated in fine | ly played, closely contested and exciting game. After succession of brilliant victo ! ries they had finally come to grief. About 1,500 people had assembled or | the grounds at Hamilton Park. The horse l cars ran every six minutes and did a rushing | business.
 The home team won the game in the fftt had previous to that made two runs, having
 shut the home team out till this eventful in | ming. Bridgeport was blanked for sever
 innings, and New Haven for eight. | Munyan faced Lautenbach at 3:30 o'clock l Umpire James Kelly appeared in his new uni l form. Munyan knocked grounder to Leary
 who picked it up and threw Munyan out al
 first base. Brown knocked bali right the l same way to Leary and he did him up the same as he did Munyan, although Joe kicked | as usual. Then Wilson thought Lauten' bach's curves were too much for him to hit | L L. | didn't do the Bridgeports any good, for Nc Guirk went out on fly to Crowley. Troy's hit to right field in the New Ravens first inning did no good, for Joe Brown caught it. Burns waited until he got the ball | just where he wanted it and then lifted il
 over the short stops head for base hit amid cheers. He stole to second and Mellon flew out to Jones. Crowley was hit by the pitch CT. Everybody cheered and hoped a run would be scored, but the Bridgeports played fine game and Leary flew out to Cain. In the second inning Bridgeport got her first run and it was not earned. Shannon got to first on tumble by Donnelly, went to second on Cox's put out, and came home on Gains base hit.
 Brill, in this inning for New Haven, was cheered when he came for the first time to the bat, but he was thrown out by Cox at first. Then Donnelly landed the ball safely,
 but was put out at second on Murphy's hit,
 
 In the third inning both sides failed to score. In the fifth, however, Bridgeport got in another run. Lautenbach grew little tired and gave two men their bases on balls and hit one with the ball. It looked through out this incing that Bridgeport would roll up the scores as she had three men on bases twice. but the perfect support that Lauten- bach received gave Bridgeport but one run. Jones led off with safe hit. Shannon went out on fly to Murphy and Cox was thrown out at first by Leary. Two men were out with Jones on third, having stolen second and gone to third on a put out Cain was hit by Lautenbach with the ball and he took his base and stole to second. Lautenbach couldn't put ball where Lam bert wanted it and so he got to first on balls. The bases were now filled. A safe hit would likely bring in two runs. Lautenbach, how ever, gave Munyan his base on balls, and ac- cording to the new rules the three men on however, went out on fly to Burns, who, after running for it, jumped and caught it before it struck the ground.
 In the next inning Bridgeport was blanked and the New Ravens went in and won the game. They found Lambert's pitching. Murphy was given his base on balls and Lautenbach advanced him to third by base hit. Johnny Troy's safe hit brought Mur- phy home. Lautenbach stole third and Troy second. Burns made hit and got to first. What cheering there was when Mel lon, the next batter, made another hit, bring ing Lautenbach and Troy home, putting New Haven in the lead. There was yelling and shouting from a thousand throats. Leary and Crowley went out on flies and Brill WAS thrown out at first.
 During the remainder of the game the interest was intense, but neither side scored. In the ninth inning it looked rather dubi- ous, when Lambert led off with base hit, but Munyan flew out to Burns, Brown to Leary, and when Murphy caught Wilson's foul tip the noise and demonstration of the crowd knew no bounds. The band struck up lively piece. The day was over and New Haven stood victorious.
 It was great day for the New Ravens. It was no fault of the Bridgeports that they did not win, for they played without an er- TOT. They were beaten by superior work at the bat by the New Ravens. The visiting team found it an impossibility to hit Lau- tenbach. Downey was to have been put in to pitch, but as Lautenbach did so well in Danbury the day before it was deemed best, as he consented, to put him in the conadsnes Don f0AG in his p'A ability HA" as D'a pitcher, and that goes good ways toward winning a game. Lautenbach pitched a great game, and had he in the fourth inning given but one man his base on balls, and in the second inning only for tumble by Don nelly, the BrlQgepOrtS WOulO nave been snuC out entirely. But three clean base hits were made of him, the other five being got on balls. Murphy did himself proud behind the bat Steve Lambert, who last season played with the Meridens and Waterburys, occupied the box for the visitors. He pitched an excellent game, and only in the fifth inning did the New Ravens find the ball with any effect. He was hit for six clean base hits, the other three being got on balls. Wilson made fine fly catch in left field, making long run, and in stopping to take it just before it reached the ground he stumbled and fell, rolling over, yet cling ing to the ball. Burns in left field made several fine catches.
 There were no wild pitches, passed balls nor any heavy slugging by either team. No body made hit which netted more than one base. While Bridgeport played without an error New Haven made three, Donnelly, Leary and Lautenbach each making tumble and letting men get to first base.
 The visiting team have two different color ed suits. Yesterday they wore their red ones. It has been their boast tEat whenever they have worn these suits they have won. They have been their mascot. They put | them on yesterday with the idea that they were going to knock New Haven away out. But they didn't do it. They will probably ' wear their blue suits to-day, as the spell has l been broken.
 The following is the score: